board has a good rep for OCing, but a bad rep on the bios front. There has been a few reports of boards suddenly dying, as well as boards needing CMOS resets fairly often.

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Also depends on the cpu and how far you overclock it.
With the latest bios and my e7200 I did a few CMOS resets because I was using GB C.I.A.2 and that is not very stable when your cpu is already overclocked, unless you set a high core voltage.

Personally I would say that gigabyte makes affordable overclocker boards.
And I like their "Ultra Durable".

i also had a look at the even more budget GB GA-G31M-S2L. I had a look at the bios, and it looks as if I'll be able to do the oc'ing that i would like to. any advice on those? it has a nice high-ish fsb of 1333.

i also had a look at the even more budget GB GA-G31M-S2L. I had a look at the bios, and it looks as if I'll be able to do the oc'ing that i would like to. any advice on those? it has a nice high-ish fsb of 1333.

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when considering these things, remember there is 'real' and 'quad pumped' FSB.

1333 'quad pumped' is 333MHz as reported in most motherboard bioses. Almost all CPU's available atm are 266 or 333Mhz stock (1066/1333) so that board would leave you very little OC headroom in its 'stock' range.

You could wait for the E5200 (45nm replacement for the 2XXX series) it runs at 2.5GHZ with a 12.5 multi. With a 333FSB max it would be possible to overclock to 4.1ghz if the CPU can run at that speed. It is supposed to be out end of August.

You could wait for the E5200 (45nm replacement for the 2XXX series) it runs at 2.5GHZ with a 12.5 multi. With a 333FSB max it would be possible to overclock to 4.1ghz if the CPU can run at that speed. It is supposed to be out end of August.

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The entry level E5200.
This CPU is the first 45nm CPU with 2MB L2, default FSB keeps 800MHz.

when considering these things, remember there is 'real' and 'quad pumped' FSB.

1333 'quad pumped' is 333MHz as reported in most motherboard bioses. Almost all CPU's available atm are 266 or 333Mhz stock (1066/1333) so that board would leave you very little OC headroom in its 'stock' range.

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Say were looking at the 1333fsb mobo. Would that then mean if the cpu's fsb is 300mhz standard, that i would only be able to oc it by 33mhz?

I've been wondering about this alot, coz my current GB mobo only supports up to 800mhz fsb. but the cpu is set to 200 standard! so if i oc it to say 230...that would result in a 920mhz fsb. how would that affect the mobo?